A growing gap between what men and women receive in employer pensions contributions is causing a £47,000 shortfall for women February 22, 2017 A gap between the amount men and women receive in employer pensions contributions means there will be a near £47,000 shortfall by the end of a woman's working life. According to the Zurich Workplace Savings Barometer, a mass study of 250,000 pension plans, last year on average, men under the age of 35 received £217 [...]
Survive the age of robots with lifetime soft skills learning February 21, 2017 Never has the attention of global leaders and business titans been more focused on the importance of employee training as a facilitator for positive change. Theresa May’s industrial strategy encouraged employers to “explore ambitious new approaches to encouraging lifelong learning”, aiming to boost the amount of time and resources dedicated to career development and advancement. [...]
City Moves for 21 February 2017 – who’s switching jobs? February 21, 2017 Today's City Moves cover financial restructuring, investment management and the tech sector. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Eversheds Sutherland Eversheds Sutherland (International) has appointed Carl Allen to its finance and restructuring team in London. Carl joins the firm from Pinsent Masons and will be based in Eversheds Sutherland’s London office. He specialises [...]
The government is still failing to tackle the gender pay gap, says cross-party group of MPs February 21, 2017 The government won't achieve its target of eliminating the gender pay gap in a generation if it continues to "ignore the evidence put before it", a cross-party group of MPs has warned today. Publishing the government's response to recommendations made by the Women and Equalities Committee, the MPs raised concerns the government isn't tackling the "structural [...]
UK opportunities for women in the workplace have rapidly improved but gender pay gap won’t close until 2041, says PwC February 21, 2017 The UK has considerably improved its performance in providing opportunities for women in the workplace, but it will still take until 2041 to close the gender pay gap in the UK. That's according to PwC's Women in Work index, which measures levels of female economic empowerment across 33 OECD countries based on five indicators. It said [...]
The 10 worst CV crimes, ranked in order of gravity February 20, 2017 Your CV is the first place the majority of recruiters and hiring managers learn of your existence – but it turns out many people still commit heinous crimes on their resumes. Now research by job site CV-Library has identified the worst mistakes putting recruiters off CVs. Not surprisingly, the gravest CV error is spelling mistakes, which [...]
We all just want to be appreciated February 20, 2017 | City Talk I have a confession to make: I am a people pleaser. Despite my analytical bent and time spent with other data-driven CFA charterholders, even a small compliment can do wonders to fuel my enthusiasm to accomplish a goal. It turns out that in this competitive industry, I am not alone, at least according to the [...]
Stressed out? You might be suffering from hurry sickness February 20, 2017 In my work as an organisational consultant, I have met many highly successful executives. They have achieved all those things they thought would make them happy when they first ventured out into their careers – money, status, power. But, far too frequently, they are still not happy. There is one major problem stopping us from [...]
Meet the man making 10,000 luxury watches a year in Britain February 20, 2017 It takes two years to make a Bremont watch. It takes seven years to train the person who makes it. “We tend to mop up the area when we hire,” says Giles English, one half of the fraternal founders of Bremont, the luxury watch company. “We can’t just rock up and ask for a watchmaker [...]
Fewer than 1 in 10 UK employees would discuss mental health with a manager February 20, 2017 Less than 10 per cent of employees who have experienced mental health issues feel able to talk to their manager or supervisor about it, according to research released today by Legal and General. The survey of 2,000 full-time employees and 200 managing directors or HR managers found that 40 per cent of employees had experienced [...]